Dell Adds Traditional & Alternative Desktop Solutions

Dell introduced two new computing options designed to give
companies increased IT performance with reduced energy and operational costs.
Dell describes the new Dell OptiPlex 980 Desktop as the "most powerful and
the most energy efficient" commercial desktop the company has ever
offered. The second new option is the Dell FX100 zero client solution, which
centralizes desktops and delivers the performance and flexibility of a
traditional PC.

New Dell OptiPlex 980 desktop
is the most powerful and the most energy efficient commercial desktop Dell
has ever offered

New Dell FX100 zero client
solution centralizes desktops with the performance and flexibility of a
traditional PC

Today’s technology executives are
increasingly tasked with not only meeting the ever-increasing demand for IT
innovation but doing so with flexible environment solutions that support a
range of traditional desktop PCs to virtual desktops and zero client devices.
To help meet these demands, Dell is expanding its portfolio with two new
solutions that can help organizations of all sizes increase their IT
performance while helping to reduce energy and operational costs.

“Our customers, including large
businesses, government agencies, healthcare organizations and small, medium
businesses are looking to explore overall efficiencies in their IT
infrastructure which means looking at systems that enable better productivity
but result in greater power and cost savings,” said Brett McAnally, director,
Dell Product Group. “With the OptiPlex 980 and FX100 we’re helping our
customers strike a balance, offering flexible solutions and services that meet
their complex demands.”

Dell OptiPlex 980 Desktop

Dell’s most powerful business desktop
yet, the new OptiPlex 980, combines superb management and an environmentally
responsible design. The new OptiPlex 980 can deliver up to 35 percent greater
performance than previous generation OptiPlex systems³. The desktop can also
lower energy costs with an energy-efficient design and environment-conscious
features. New management features to enhance productivity include, virtual
remote control capability with an optional Intel KVM (Keyboard, Video and
Mouse) and simplified task management with Dell’s Update Catalog for Microsoft
Systems Center. Other features making the OptiPlex 980 an ultimate commercial
desktop computing experience include:

Outstanding Energy Efficiency – With a 90 percent energy efficient power supply, the
OptiPlex 980 can use less energy, helping to lower energy costs.

Designed with the Environment in Mind – meets important environmental standards including
Energy Star 5.0 and EPEAT Gold, EPEAT’s highest rating. OptiPlex 980 also
contains more post-consumer recycled content than previous generations.

A Quiet Workplace – the only
commercial desktop with an optional Dell EcoKit that reduces system noise
by up to 50 percent, helping to reduce workplace noise and increase
productivity.

Advanced Security & Systems Management – management innovation including the latest
generation of Intel vPro remote management support, which improves
productivity with a robust set of enterprise security options that are the
hallmark of the OptiPlex brand.

Offered in three different chassis
options (minitower, desktop and small form factor), the OptiPlex 980 will be
available worldwide in the coming weeks at a starting price of $807 USD. More
information on the OptiPlex family can be found at www.dell.com/optiplex.

Dell FX100 Zero Client Solution

The Dell FX100 zero client solution,
ideal for both the Virtual Remote Desktop and the Dedicated Remote Workstation
solutions, does not require a processor, operating system or corporate image to
manage. And as a key component of Dell’s Flexible Computing Solution, the FX100
is a high-performance communication solution that uses PC-over-IP technology
(PCoIP) to help businesses centralize client desktops while still delivering
the performance and flexibility of a traditional PC. The FX100, previously only
available as an access device for the Dell Precision R5400 rack workstation, is
now shipping with new firmware that adds support for VMware View 4.0 with
PCoIP.

Virtual PC computing over a network can
be both a performance and bandwidth challenge but the FX100 uses PCoIP as an
established methodology for providing high performance desktops over both LAN
and WAN, further enabling key benefits of virtual remote desktops such as:

Flexible access to
virtualized client desktops from nearly any device as well as from
high-performance FX100 clients.

A true personal computing experience with support
for all capabilities of a PC including optional support for host-based
OpenGL graphics¹, USB, motion graphics and audio interactions at distances
greater than traditional KVM limits.

A near-zerofootprint on account of the
FX100’s fan-less, driverless and stateless form factor, which can
eliminate the need to equip even remote users with a complex client
device.

Additional information on the FX100
Zero Client and all of Dell’s Flexible Computing solutions can be found here.